Science & Health

Give Candy Crush a rest; don't fall victim to smartphone strain

Smartphone addiction can cause repetitive strain injury to hand joints, warn doctors.

Oct 14, 2015

India demands international laws to ensure open access to space for all countries

Increasing the restraints on use of nuclear weapons is "not only an essential first step, it is also necessary in the current complex international environment".

Oct 14, 2015

Find an 'alien' city on moon: Coordinates revealed from NASA photos

Here are the coordinates for an alien city on the moon.

Oct 12, 2015

US court asks DuPont to pay $1.6 million to victim of toxic contamination

Other legal suits in the pipeline will result in punitive damages against DuPont, say lawyers.

Oct 12, 2015

Indonesia: Hundreds of orangutans face evacuation as forest fire spreads

Thick smoke from forest fires is severely affecting the health of orangutans in the country.

Oct 10, 2015

Indonesia haze kills baby, chokes several infants as forest fires burn

Scores of babies in Indonesia have been admitted to the ICU due to haze-related acute respiratory infections.

Oct 10, 2015

Vulnerable 20: Twenty nations vulnerable to climate change seek action

Twenty of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, formed a new group to press for tougher action to curb warming. Finance ministers from the 20 nations joined for the first time in Lima, Peru to form The Vulnerable 20, or V20.

Oct 9, 2015

Mexico: Popocatepetl volcano spews ash to produce stunning display

Mexicos Popocatepetl volcano erupted over several days, belching ash over Mexico Citys blue sky, authorities reported.

Oct 8, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: UFO Sighting 2015: Huge see-through object caught hovering in Manipur [PHOTOS]

Some boys from Manipur, India caught a huge see-through cloud-like round object on Wednesday.

Oct 8, 2015

Indonesia: Drone footage shows devastating forest fires

A drone video released by environment activist group Greenpeace on Thursday (October 8) showed widespread forest fires and burnt peatland in Indonesias West Kalimantanprovince on Borneo Island.

Oct 8, 2015

Indonesia seeks help from Russia, Singapore over haze that kills '1 lakh people each year'

Greenpeace claims the Indonesian forest fires can release more carbon dioxide than the entire UK this year.

Oct 8, 2015

Turkish, Swede, American trio bag 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research on damaged DNA

The 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was announced on Wednesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Oct 7, 2015

Australia: Doctors reattach childs head to spine after car crash

Surgeons at Brisbane hospital managed to reattached the head of 16 month old Jaxon Taylor.

Oct 7, 2015

Guatemala: Dramatic drone video shows devastation left in wake of mudslide

Dramatic drone footage from Guatemala taken days after mud and rock engulfed the small town of Santa Catarina Pinula last week has emerged, revealing the extent of the devastation that killed more than 150 people.

Oct 7, 2015

Mexico: Colima volcano erupts again spewing smoke and ash

Mexicos Colima volcano erupted late on 4 October and continued on until 5 October spewing ash and smoke into the air, authorities reported.

Oct 6, 2015